The Chairs Council is an advisory body to the dean that includes all department chairs and institute and school directors in the College of Arts and Sciences, in addition to the associate and assistant deans and other administrators of the college. The Chairs Council considers and takes action on a broad range of matters presented by the dean and may also makes recommendations to standing committees of the faculty.

The Chairs Council meets frequently as needed at the call of the dean throughout the calendar year.

Current Members

MEMBER	POSITION	DEPT/AREA	EMAIL
Jonathan Gayles	Chair	African-American Studies	jgayles@gsu.edu
Kathryn Kozaitis	Chair	Anthropology	kozaitis@gsu.edu
Diane Belcher	Chair	Applied Linguistics & ESL	dbelcher1@gsu.edu
Geert de Vries	Chair	Biology	devries@gsu.edu
Donald Hamelberg	Chair	Chemistry	dhamelberg@gsu.edu
Greg Lisby	Chair	Communication	glisby@gsu.edu
Yi Pan	Chair	Computer Science	yipan@gsu.edu
Brennen Dicker	Executive Director	Creative Media Industries Institute	bdicker@gsu.edu
David Cheshier	Academic Director	Creative Media Industries Institute	dcheshier@gsu.edu
Lynée Gaillet	Chair	English	lgaillet@gsu.edu
Katherine Hankins	Interim Chair	Geosciences	khankins@gsu.edu
Elisabeth Burgess	Director	Gerontology	eburgess@gsu.edu
Tony Lemieux	Director	Global Studies Institute	alemieux@gsu.edu
Michelle Brattain	Chair	History	mbrattain@gsu.edu
Guantao Chen	Chair	Mathematics & Statistics	gchen@gsu.edu
Nancy Forger	Director	Neuroscience	nforger@gsu.edu
Eddy Nahmias	Chair	Philosophy	enahmias@gsu.edu
Sebastien Lepine	Chair	Physics & Astronomy	slepine@gsu.edu
Michael Herb	Chair	Political Science	mherb@gsu.edu
Chris Henrich	Chair	Psychology	chenrich@gsu.edu
Molly Bassett	Chair	Religious Studies	mbassett@gsu.edu
Eric Wright	Chair	Sociology	ewright28@gsu.edu
Stephanie Evans	Director	Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies	sevans62@gsu.edu
Bill Nichols	Chair	World Languages & Cultures	wnichols@gsu.edu
Sara Rosen	Dean		srosen@gsu.edu
Dan Deocampo	Associate Dean	Research, Innovation & Graduate Studies	deocampo@gsu.edu
Kathryn McClymond	Associate Dean	Faculty Affairs	kmcclymond@gsu.edu
John Augusto	Associate Dean	Strategic Initiatives	jaugusto@gsu.edu
Eric Friginal	Director	International Programs	efriginal@gsu.edu

Non-Voting Council Advisors

Amber Amari	Assistant Dean	Graduate Programs	aamari@gsu.edu
Cassondra Breedlove	College Admin Officer	Administrative Services	cbreedlove@gsu.edu
Chad Dillard	Assistant VP for Development	Development	cdillard@gsu.edu
Lindsey Hornsby	College Research Officer	Administration Services	lhornsby@gsu.edu
Justin Lilly	Executive Associate/Dean’s Communications	Dean’s Office	lilly@gsu.edu
Sally McArthur	Assistant to the Dean	Dean’s Office	smcarthur3@gsu.edu
John Medlock	Assistant Dean	Academic Success	jmedlock@gsu.edu
Fred Mote	Assistant Dean	Administration & Finance	fmote@gsu.edu
Anna Varela	Director of Communications & Public Relations	Public Relations	avarela@gsu.edu
Shelly-Ann Williams	Director	Office of Academic Assistance	swilliams@gsu.edu

The Curriculum Committee receives and reviews proposals for any changes in course offerings and curricular requirements and forwards proposals it deems appropriate to the full faculty for approval. The committee also has the power to review the curricular offerings and requirements of the college and to make appropriate recommendations to the dean and to the faculty. In addition, the committee may authorize experimental courses on a trial basis and share its assessment with the faculty.

The Curriculum Committee is composed of eight elected faculty and two student members.

Current Members

Ian Campbell	World Languages & Cultures	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Mario Feit	Political Science	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Yingshu Li	Computer Science	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Joe Normandin	Neuroscience	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Samantha Parks	Biology	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Gigi Ray	Chemistry	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Tillman Russell	Communication	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Erin Tone (Chair)	Psychology	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019

The Executive Committee of the College of Arts and Sciences is an advisory body to the dean on a range of matters relating to the administration of the college. The Executive Committee is also charged with a number of specific responsibilities that include: reviewing the academic operations and the budget of the college and any related items submitted by the dean or from the faculty; making nominations for vacant seats on the college’s standing committees; initiating the triennial evaluation of department chairs and institute/school directors; initiating, under the supervision of the provost and vice president for academic affairs, a triennial evaluation of the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; appointing a faculty grievance board; and considering proposals for the creation or elimination of departments, schools, institutes, and centers of the college and making such recommendations to the faculty as it deems appropriate.

The Executive Committee is composed of the dean, associate deans, vice chair of the faculty, twelve elected faculty, and two student members.

The Executive Committee meets regularly and at least once per semester of the academic year at the call of the dean. Upon receipt of a petition signed by six members of the Executive Committee, the dean will call a special meeting of the committee.

In addition, the faculty members of the Executive Committee, including the dean and along with three elected area chairs, meet as the Promotion and Review Procedures Committee to consider for approval any proposed changes to the College of Arts and Sciences Promotion and Tenure Manual, related college-level manuals and policies, and departmental promotion and tenure guidelines. This committee also considers any newly developed guidelines and policies needing approval. It meets as needed throughout the academic year.

Current Members

Appointed Members

Sara Rosen	Dean
John Augusto	Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives
Dan Deocampo	Associate Dean for Faculty Advancement
Kathryn McClymond	Associate Dean for Faculty Development
Binghe Wang	Associate Dean for Research, Innovation, and Graduate Studies
Jared Poley	Vice Chair of the Faculty
Justin Lilly	Non-voting committee advisor
John Medlock	Non-voting committee advisor

Elected Faculty Representatives

Igor Belykh	Mathematics & Statistics	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Jennie Burnet	Global Studies	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Scott Crossley	Applied Linguistics & ESL	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Mukesh Dhamala	Physics & Astronomy	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Carrie Freeman	Communication	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Jonathan Gayles	African American Studies	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Christie Hartley	Philosophy	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Andrey Shilnikov	Neuroscience	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Reiner Smolinski	English	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Faye Stewart	World Languages & Cultures	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Raj Sunderraman	Computer Science	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Jessica Turner	Psychology	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020

The Faculty Awards Committee is charged with selecting the recipients of annual awards for faculty approved by the College of Arts and Sciences, which currently include the Outstanding Senior Faculty Award, Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, Outstanding Teaching Award, Outstanding Faculty Diversity Award, Outstanding Undergraduate Mentoring Award, Outstanding Graduate Mentoring Award, Outstanding Undergraduate Director Award, and Outstanding Graduate Director Award. The committee also is charged with establishing qualifications and nominating procedures for these awards. In addition, the committee may consider and develop proposals for new awards or for other mechanisms to honor outstanding faculty to present to the dean and to the faculty.

The Faculty Awards Committee is composed of five elected faculty and two student members.

The Faculty Awards Committee meets as needed and at least once per semester during the academic year, typically in late fall before the call for nominations is distributed and mid-spring to select the award recipients.

Current Members

Deb Baro	Biology	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Andrea Jurjevic	English	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Tiffany King	Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019
Raul Llorente	World Languages & Cultures	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
Mindy Stombler	Sociology	Fall 2017 – Spring 2019

The Faculty Grievance Board is advisory to the dean and functions in accordance with the Faculty Appeals Policy and Procedures . The duties of the Faculty Grievance Board include the following: Provides training for board members in grievance conciliation and in the conduct of formal appeal hearings; Attempts to conciliate differences that arise between faculty members and department chairs, school and institute directors or administrators; Conducts formal grievance appeal hearings and reports its findings and recommendations to the dean; Conducts procedural hearings on promotion and tenure appeals when referred to the board by the Executive Committee.

Current Members

Humanities

Faye Stewart	Assoc Professor	World Languages & Cultures	FA16-SP17
Christie Hartley	Assoc Professor	Philosophy	FA16-SP18
Marian Meyers	Professor	Communication	FA16-SP19
Tanya Caldwell	Professor	English	FA16-SP20

Natural and Computational Sciences

Vincent Rehder	Professor	Biology	FA16-SP17
Andrey Shilnikov	Professor	Neuroscience	FA16-SP18
Gary Hastings	Professor	Physics & Astronomy	FA16-SP19
Jeremy Diem	Assoc Professor	Geosciences	FA16-SP20

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Jennie Burnet	Assoc Professor	Global Studies	FA16-SP17
Jelena Subotic	Assoc Professor	Political Science	FA16-SP18
Sarah Brosnan	Professor	Psychology	FA16-SP19
Jared Poley	Professor	History	FA16-SP20

At Large

Lindsey Cohen	Professor	Psychology	FA16-SP17
Sebastien Lepine	Assoc Professor	Physics & Astronomy	FA16-SP19
Denise Davidson	Professor	History	FA16-SP20
Vacant			FA17-SP18

The Graduate Council is an advisory body to the dean and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences on issues relating to the college’s graduate programs. The Graduate Council considers proposals for the creation, discontinuance, or renaming of graduate degree programs and concentrations and makes recommendations to the dean with input from the full faculty of the college. The council also reviews changes in departmental criteria for graduate status and/or procedures for reviewing such criteria and makes positive or negative recommendations to the dean and to the relevant department. In addition, the council appoints each year four faculty and one graduate student to serve as a graduate petitions board charged with reviewing final course grade appeals, academic complaints, and petitions for waivers or variance of academic policies and making recommendations to the dean in keeping with relevant university policies.

The Graduate Council meets regularly at the call of the Dean’s Office and at least once during each of the three semesters.

Current Members

MEMBER	DEPT	EMAIL
Binghe Wang (Chair)	Dean’s Office	wang@gsu.edu
Sarita Davis	African-American Studies	saritadavis@gsu.edu
Jennifer Patico	Anthropology	jpatico@gsu.edu
YouJin Kim	Applied Linguistics & ESL	ykim39@gsu.edu
Ritu Aneja	Biology	raneja@gsu.edu
Casonya Johnson	Biology	cjohnson113@gsu.edu
Donald Hamelberg	Chemistry	dhamelberg@gsu.edu
Jun Yin	Chemistry	junyin@gsu.edu
Holley Wilkin	Communication	hwilkin@gsu.edu
Xiaojun Cao	Computer Science	cao@gsu.edu
Chris Kocela	English	ckocela@gsu.edu
Tanya Caldwell	English	tmcaldwell@gsu.edu
Lawrence Kiage	Geosciences	lkiage@gsu.edu
Wendy Simonds	Gerontology	wsimonds@gsu.edu
Denise Davidson	History	ddavidson2@gsu.edu
Richard Laub	Heritage Preservation	rlaub@gsu.edu
Florian Enescu	Mathematics	fenescu@gsu.edu
Jeff Qin	Statistics	gqin@gsu.edu
Charles Derby	Neuroscience	cderby@gsu.edu
Tim O’Keefe	Philosophy	tokeefe@gsu.edu
Xiaochun He	Physics	xhe@gsu.edu
Sebastien Lepine	Astronomy	slepine@gsu.edu
Sarah Roberts Gershon	Political Science	sgershon@gsu.edu
Lindsey Cohen	Psychology	llcohen@gsu.edu
Brett Esaki	Religious Studies	besaki@gsu.edu
James Ainsworth	Sociology	ainsworth@gsu.edu
Megan Sinnott	Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies	megansinnott@gsu.edu
Leslie Marsh	World Languages & Cultures	llmarsh@gsu.edu
Amber Amari (ex officio)	Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs	aamari@gsu.edu

Student Representatives

Amanda Bendbow	Psychology, Ph.D.
Suzanne Litrel	History, Ph.D.
William Greg Odum	Anthropology, M.A.
Brandon Render	Religious Studies, M.A.
Chelsea Hagan	Biology, Ph.D.

The Undergraduate Council is an advisory body to the college faculty and dean on issues relating to the undergraduate programs of the College of Arts and Sciences. The council considers proposals for the creation, discontinuance, or renaming of undergraduate degree programs and concentrations and makes recommendations to the dean with input from the full faculty of the college. The council designates each year the membership of the Interdisciplinary Studies subcommittee. In addition, the council appoints each year four faculty and two students to an undergraduate petitions board charged with reviewing final course grade appeals, academic complaints, and petitions for waivers or variance of academic policies and making recommendations to the dean in keeping with relevant university policies.

The Undergraduate Council meets regularly and typically at least twice per semester of the academic year.

Current Members

MEMBER	DEPT	EMAIL
Makungu Akinyela	African-American Studies	makinyela@gsu.edu
Cassandra White	Anthropology	cwhite@gsu.edu
Hae Sung Yang	Applied Linguistics & ESL	hyang20@gsu.edu
Matthew Grober	Biology	mgrober@gsu.edu
Joan Comar	Chemistry	jmutanyattacomar@gsu.edu
Jeremiah Harden	Chemistry	jharden@gsu.edu
Douglas Barthlow	Communication	dbarthlow@gsu.edu
Rasha Ramzy	Communication	rramzy1@gsu.edu
Xiaolin Hu	Computer Science	xhu@gsu.edu
David Cheshier	Creative Media Industries	dcheshier@gsu.edu
Mark Noble	English	mnoble3@gsu.edu
Christy Visaggi	Geosciences	cvisaggi@gsu.edu
Chivon Mingo	Gerontology	cmingo2@gsu.edu
Tony Lemieux	Global Studies	alemieux@gsu.edu
Rob Baker (Chair)	History	robertbaker@gsu.edu
Andrew J Cohen	Interdisciplinary Studies	cohenaj@gsu.edu
Michael Stewart	Mathematics & Statistics	mastewart@gsu.edu
Joe Normandin	Neuroscience	jnormandin1@gsu.edu
Alexandra Castillo-Ruiz	Neuroscience	acastilloruiz@gsu.edu
Eric Wilson	Philosophy	ewilson30@gsu.edu
Brian Thoms	Physics & Astronomy	bthoms@gsu.edu
Ben McGimsey	Physics & Astronomy	bmcgimsey@gsu.edu
Jeannie Grussendorf	Political Science	jgrussendorf@gsu.edu
Chris Goode	Psychology	cgoode@gsu.edu
Jon Herman (interim)	Religious Studies	jherman2@gsu.edu
Jung Ha Kim	Sociology	jhkim@gsu.edu
Juliana Kubala	Women’s Gender & Sexuality Studies	jkubala@gsu.edu
Shuai Li	World Languages and Cultures	sli12@gsu.edu
Shelly-Ann Williams (ex officio)	Director, Academic Assistance	swilliams@gsu.edu
John Medlock (ex officio)	Assistant Dean, Academic Success	jmedlock@gsu.edu

The College of Arts and Sciences has three area promotion and tenure committees–one for the Humanities, one for the Natural and Computational Sciences, and one for the Social and Behavioral Sciences–charged with reviewing the credentials of each candidate for promotion and/or tenure within its respective area and making a recommendation to the dean concerning each candidate. The area committees also assist in the post-tenure review process by similarly evaluating faculty members’ credentials and sharing their assessments with the dean.

All members hold the rank of Professor.

Current Members

Humanities

Beth Gylys	English	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Eric Le Calvez	World Languages & Cultures	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
George Pullman	English	Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
Andrea Scarantino	Philosophy	Fall 2018 – Spring 2020
James Darsey	Communication	Fall 2018 – Spring 2019

Natural and Computational Sciences

Ritu Aneja	Biology	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Giovanni Gadda	Chemistry	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Xiaochun He	Physics & Astronomy	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Zhongshan (Jason) Li	Mathematics & Statistics	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
Yuan Liu	Biology	Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
Andrey Shilnikov	Neuroscience	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Yanqing Zhang	Computer Science	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Lindsey Cohen	Psychology	Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
Sara Cushing	Applied Linguistics & ESL	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Glenn Eskew	History	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Emanuela Guano	Anthropology	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
John Horgan	Global Studies	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
Erin Ruel	Sociology	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
Andrew Wedeman	Political Science	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021

The Non-Tenure Track Promotion Review Committee reviews the credentials of each non-tenure track (NTT) faculty candidate for promotion in the College of Arts and Sciences and makes a recommendation to the dean concerning each candidate. The committee considers cases for promotion to the ranks of senior lecturer, principal senior lecturer, senior academic professional, and other NTT ranks.

The NTT Promotion Review Committee is composed of ten elected faculty members, including three representatives from each area of the college and one at large member. Each area includes at least one tenured faculty member and at least one NTT faculty member at the senior level or above.

Current Members

Annette Cash	World Languages & Cultures	Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
Gennady Cymbalyuk	Neuroscience	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Carmen Eilertson	Biology	Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
Yuki Fujioka	Communication	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
Ben Kail	Sociology	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
Melissa McLeod	English	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Valerie Miller	Mathematics & Statistics	Fall 2018 – Spring 2021
Rashid Naim	Political Science	Fall 2016 – Spring 2019
Mary Rolinson	History	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020
Eric Wilson	Philosophy	Fall 2017 – Spring 2020

The Staff Executive Committee is an advisory body to the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences with a range of duties and responsibilities that include: discussing policies and procedures related to salary equity, raises, performance evaluations and other issues relevant to the staff; reviewing any items submitted by the dean and/or staff members; reporting its actions at each regular meeting of the college staff; supervising all elections for members of the staff standing committees; making nominations for vacant seats on the college’s staff committees; reporting any advancement opportunities within the college or university; and coordinating the college’s annual staff awards process and selecting the award recipients.

The Staff Executive Committee meets at the call of the dean or vice chair at least once each semester. Upon receipt of a petition signed by seven members, the dean will call a special meeting of the committee.

Current Members

Appointed Members

Sara Rosen	Dean
Fred Mote	Assistant Dean for Administration and Finance
Cassondra Breedlove	College Administrative Officer

Elected Staff Representatives

Jeanetta Floyd	Biology	FA16 – SP18
Lindsey Hornsby	Administrative Services	FA16 – SP18
Justin Lilly	Dean’s Office	FA16 – SP18
Rene Mondy	Academic Assistance	FA16 – SP18
Gemia Rice	Biology	FA16 – SP18
Harper Strom	English	FA16 – SP18
LaTesha Warren	Biology	FA16 – SP18
James C. Taylor, III	Communication	FA17 – SP19
Quanda Miller	Gerontology Institute	FA17 – SP19
Saturday Sam	Administrative Services	FA17 – SP19
Chris Burton	English	FA17 – SP19
Renda Radcliffe-Sullivan	Dean’s Office	FA17 – SP19
Nika Daryooni	Academic Assistance	FA17 – SP19

The Staff Mentoring and Morale Committee is a standing committee of the College of Arts and Sciences staff charged with developing and implementing programs that provide staff with opportunities to interact with peers from across the college, which may include mentoring programs, orientations, social events, and other networking opportunities. The committee also regularly collects items that can be used to recognize and award staff achievement.

The Staff Mentoring and Morale Committee is composed of nine elected members of the college staff. It meets at least twice in the Fall and Spring terms and at least once during Summer.

Current Members

Elected Staff Representatives

Susan Coleman	Applied Linguistics & ESL	FA16 – SP18
Sandra Ahuama-Jonas	Mathematics & Statistics	FA16 – SP18
James C. Taylor, III	Communication	FA17 – SP19
Randy Trammell	Public Relations	FA17 – SP19
Esther Prince	Dean’s Office	FA17 – SP19
Torrez Wilson	Dean’s Office	FA17 – SP19
Carolyn Whiters	History	FA17 – SP19
Alison Mercer	Development	FA17 – SP19
Andreea Johnson	Academic Assistance	FA17 – SP19

The Staff Professional Development Committee is a standing committee of the College of Arts and Sciences staff charged with managing the application approval process for awards from the college’s Staff Development Fund. The committee investigates ways in which staff can benefit from training programs and makes recommendations to the staff executive committee. The committee is also responsible for maintaining a list of professional development opportunities available throughout the university.

The Staff Professional Development Committee meets regularly and at least twice each Fall and Spring terms and at least once during Summer following the corresponding Staff Development Fund applications deadlines.

Current Members

Elected Staff Representatives

Nika Daryooni	Academic Assistance	FA16 – SP18
Jaime Middleton	Military Science/ROTC	FA16 – SP18
Marilyn Stiggers	Communication	FA16 – SP18
Jerria McCoy Thompson	Biology	FA16 – SP18
Latesha Warren	Biology	FA17 – SP19
Harper Strom	English	FA17 – SP19
Quanda Miller	Gerontology Institute	FA17 – SP19
Tamara Gross	Biology	FA17 – SP19
Carol Freeland-Turner	Academic Assistance	FA17 – SP19